Trends in the Prescribing of Antidepressants Following Acute Myocardial Infarction, 19932002
Nili R. Benazon, PhD,
Muhammad M. Mamdani, PharmD and
James C. Coyne, PhD
From the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and Sunnybrook and Womens College Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (N.R.B.); Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (M.M.M.); University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, PA (J.C.C.).

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Figure 1. Proportion of post-MI and matched controls using antideprssants in a population-based study of elderly Ontario residents, 19932002.
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Figure 2. Percentage of post-MI patients and matched controls receiving a prescription for (A) an SSRI or (B) a TCA/MAOI in a population-based study of elderly Ontario residents, 19932002.
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